From the State Farm Press Release:

Weather Conditions Put Kentucky in the Top Ten

Murfreesboro, TN (April 22, 2013)

Wind and hail storms remain some of the most frequent and severe causes of property damage. This year the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Research Center conducted the first-ever indoor hailstorm, in an effort to research building products and ways to educate consumers.

Texas insurers are mobilizing to assist policyholders in the area of West where a fertilizer plant exploded yesterday causing extensive damage to the Central Texas community. 

On-Site/Late Registration will reopen on Monday, April 29th.

Quote below from the article on sunherald.com

Are you going to be attending the NFIP Flood Certification Class in Dallas Texas on Friday, April 12th, 2013? If so, we would like to buy you lunch! Evans Claims Service is hosting a lunch for flood adjusters at Pappasito’s Cantina located at 10433 Lombardy Lane, Dallas, TX. We are striving to add to our core group of Flood adjusters and we would like to invite you to stop by, have lunch on us and ...

DES PLAINES, Ill., March 12, 2013 — Long known for its epic weather-related events, a report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau indicates that some Texas insurance fraud might also be prompted by weather. Since 2010, questionable roofing claims have increased by 50 percent in Texas. 

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In 2010, a total of 370 roofing QCs were referred to NICB by its member companies. That number grew to 557 in 2012—a 50 percent increase. El Paso topped the list of Texas cities for roofing QCs with 200. It was followed by Arlington with 92 and Fort Worth with 73. 

The number one referral reason for all Texas roofing QCs in 2010, 2011, and 2012 was hail damage with 364. Next was mechanical damage with 308 followed by wind damage with 281. The “homeowners” policy type was the most identified with 1,177 out of a total of 1,308 roofing QCs from 2010 through the end of 2012. 

(the above is from the NICB article)

Sign Up Now for the Mariposa Denver CAT Conference.  You will receive 11 CE credits (incl 2 Ethics) for Texas and Florida.  Registration fee of $125.00 includes (2) continental breakfasts, (2) lunches and (2) receptions.

Mariposa offers $100.00 refund for any adjuster who is deployed with Mariposa during the 2013 storm season.

Click here for registration and further information.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e63pqnog35de5412&llr=8wkyw4jab

February 26, 2013

A storm system moved through Austin and San Antonio, Texas producing strong winds on the evening of February 25, 2012. These conditions resulted to damage to homes and other property.

Catastrophe adjusters have been deployed to the area to assist with claims and we will continue to monitor the situation closely.

"More than 270,000 claims have been paid by 24 insurers since Hurricane Sandy damaged and flooded Staten Island and other parts of New York City as well as Long Island and its suburbs last fall, New New York officials report."

"The average time from claims report to inspection ranged from three days for Arch Insurance Group, with 242 commercial claims, to 20 days for State Farm with 55,592 claims, noting its wide array of claims, complexity and damage severity."